Smyrna times., 1887-07-20

WITH the thermometer ranging be-
tween go and 1902 on Sunday, as it
had for several days previous, it was
not surprising that the churches were
slimly attended.
JAMES MCKEOwN residing near
BlackistOn's Cross Roads left home on
Thursday morning with an eighteen
months old child seeking medical atten-
ton in Clayton, but before he reached
there the child died.
}. B. SPRUANCE, son of d. i.
Spruance of the "Alley," who has been
merchandising in Philadelphia for sew
eral years, has formed a cOpartnership
with II. G. Fields in the cigar business,
7O3 Chestnut street.
VIM. A. DEvNIsH struck on a happv
thought when he instituted at his bus
iness place ON Main street a lemonade
stand for Saturday pedestrians. and
many during the past two Saturday
afternoons and evenings have refreshed
themselves by his cooling drinks.
J. H. PRIMROSE had a horse badly
injured last week by wire fence. It
was grazing in a pear orchard but
jumped over into another lot enclosed
with wire fence. When the cars
came along it took fright and ran into
the wire fence with full force, lacerat-
ing its shoulders terribly.
WITH the weather splendid for
threshing, high and dry temperature.
the steam threshers were in eager de.
mand by the farmers, who thresh from
the fields, which in these latter davs
includes most everybody, and last week
was busy time with such. The op-
presslve weather was hard on the la
bOrers and on nearly or quite every
threshing floor there were those who
caved" under its influence.
Mrs. H. G. BUDD has contracted with
Messrs VanGasken & Cats to build for
her on the lot recently purchased on
South street double dwelling having
a front of "a feet running back 40 feet
to the rear of which will be built a
kitchen for each 12x12 feet. Each house
will contain nine rooms and bathroom.
The work on the cellar will commence
this week. This will make four large
houses on which the work of building
has now commenced.
some of our business men are moan
ing at the approach of hard times. We
don't just know what their signs are ON
why they think times of depression are
near, but whatever they are, there is
no one of them, or even all combined.
that will bring them as surely and
quickly as whining. Go to work and
make hay while the sun shines. There
are no signs of business depression vet.
with such abundant crops, and there is
no reason why the next year or two
should not be prosperous.
WHEN the people retired on Monday
night sweltering with scarcely breath
OF air rustling in the tree tops, it was
with the hope that the next dav would
bring the desired change. The spell
was broken between day light and sun
rise the next morning by a sharp thun-
der shower and cOpiOus rainfall. and a
fall of the temperature throughout yes
terday of 2O'. Everybody braced up
immensely to regain what had been
lost in the previous six days when the
thermometer ranged between 95o and
$50.
AT call of the Official Board after
the close of the morning service on
Sunday, Rev. VIM. S. Robinson, pastor
of the NJ. +. Church was voted vaca-
ton of three weeks. Inasmuch as the
Reverend gentleman had neither asked
nor hinted such thing, he appreciates
the act in both it's spontaniety and
unanimity as much as he can the sea-
son of rest that has been so generously
rendered. He will fill the pulpit next
Sunday, and arrange for the pulpit sup
ply during what time he and his family
may be absent.
MEssRs. HARDCAsTLE & JONES are
not leading off this year with the usual
push in buying the fruit of peach or
chards, having only purchased thus far
one crop. They are not in the specula-
tive mood this year, buying only for
their evapOratOrs. They reason that
from the abundance of the peach crop
in Michigan and Ohio there will be lit
tie Western demand, and that the Jer-
sey and Hudson river peaches will
largely supply the Eastern markets
with late fruit and consequently the
usual drying varieties cannot rule high.
JOHN P. r. Polk, ESQ, and Hon.
+. l.. Martin, were in this town yester-
day the larger part of the day. Of
course they were in the interest of the
Bureau of Information and Distribution
of the Peach shipments, of the success
Of which they are quite sanguine. Thew
look upon this plan when thoroughly
put into execution as the solution of
the dlt1culties growing out of peach
shipments and sales. The important
matter of Distributor, from what we
can learn is likely TO fall to the lot of
VIM. Geo. Hill, of this town, doing bus
mess at Clayton, who has ten or twelve
years experience in shipping peaches
in large quantities, and thus we'll quail
fed for the position.
THIS has been the hottest July for II
years. So says the New York Sun.
and 1t backs up the assertion by figures.
The hot July of 1876-the centennial
year-is well remembered by the MANY
thousands who sweltered on the cars
and in the crowded exposition build
ings. For 26 consecutive days, from
June 26th to July 21st, that memorable
hot wave fingered.
Two years ago the hot spell was
SnOA gCA Dub JlC uCdI more intense than
this. Saturday the 25th of july. the
day that John H. CathCart was over
powered by heat and fell after deliver
ing his papers as news agent, and soon
expired, was a day of more intense heat
than any of the six that composed the
late heated term.
REV. P. B. LGGHTNER, of New Castle
spent Sunday in Smyrna and conducted
the services at St. Peters church
Yielding to the heat influences of the
day the turnout was comparativelv
sparse, and the Reverend Gentleman
who believes in the eternal fitness OF
things took for his text, Where two
or three are gathered together in NV
name" &c. He preached again al
night. He has undertaken the special
business of raising the Episcopal en-
dOwment fund, and is visiting all the
parishes in the State in pursuit of the
object, and has already a good sum
pledged. We understand that he would
like to raise something like $4,000 from
the Episcopal Society here. Mr.. Light.
ner is a clergyman Of more than usual
force, and will make himself felt In
whatever he is engaged in.
d. w. TRUMPELLER returned from
Florida few days ago bringing with
him ten foot alligator. He concluded